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I changed the o-ring even thou the original looked good, stopped the leak!

Here I'll start over, I guess I have my terms off. I replaced the Condenser, Expansion valve, and the Evaporator. Changed the Compressor last year. The Condenser is the main source for leaks. David

Did you check your fluid level?? My pump makes noise when the fluid gets low, the reason the fluid is low is because the power steering rack is notorious for leaking, on ALL Toyotas. My 93 LS has a new rack, same pump, works great My 98 LS has a leaky rack, so I keep power steering fluid handy, when it starts groaning. PS you don't see fluid on the ground under the rack because it likes to save it all in the boots at the end of the rack. If your pump is bad you will see fluid leaking all out of it, and on the ground. David

Your VSC is tied to your transmission and drive train. If your VSC and TRAC OFF lights are on you could have jarred the relays loose or even out if you hit that hard. Check the relays, pull them out and put them back. If the lights stay on, drive your car and try and spin the tires, if the controller takes over and stops the tire spin, then you know it is on and working then you may have a sensor issue regarding the VSC. On my 98 LS, I had the starter replaced, they told me my VSC light was on and they couldn't figure out how to fix it. When I got inthe car and started it, the light was, the button was in, to indicate it should be off, I pushed the button off then on again to turn the VSC ON, and the light went out. I don't have traction control on my car, well to me VSC is traction control. When my VSC is on and I spin the tires the engine boggs down until the tires grab again and then it slowly comes back to life.

I found your original info regarding the phone ECU bypass. My original problem started when my stereo went into Mute mode, through searching I found out that bypassing the factory phone will bypass the Mute also. I did it and it worked, I was thrilled, thought I saved $600 on a rebuilt amp. Then the next day I noticed the fan issue. I've had blower fan issues in the past, where it locked up and I banged it with a hammer to get it going again ( a Lexus mechanic suggestion), so I never thought to put the phone ecu bypass with the AC blower motor as a cause. My car does not have the plug plate under the tool box storage, I do have a silver box, about the size of two packs of smokes, with two connectors coming out of it. One male, one female that match the connectors on the ECU harness. I probably need to plug the harness into that instead of plugging them together. To be honest.....right now it ain't broke, so I'm leaving it alone for now. I did put a new blower motor in the car, so now I'm just driving. Thanks, David

"Would you have preferred to have endless speculation about the cause of your problem from people who don't know?" To be honest......Yes! Somebody might have mentioned something that figured into the equation. The fix was.....I reconnected the phone ECU that I was about to take out, turns out the AC blower motor is tied into the overall Mute system in the car. When you get a phone call the stereo volume goes down, AND the AC blower motor only runs at low speed. And yes, I believe you have never heard of that because Nobody has that I've talked to, and that includes two Certified Lexus Master mechanics. So I'll leave the phone in unless somebody knows how to bypass the main mute system. David 98 LS 400 93 LS 400

Well I figured out what was wrong with my LS and got it fixed. I had 30 views and not one response to my post. I must have been the only SOB in the entire world that has ever had this problem.

The "V" rating is for a sport performance tire, you'll want to look at a nice Touring tire, Michelins are always a good tire. David 98 LS 400 93 LS 400

I wouldn't hesitate to take the car to your regular mechanic for basic maintenence. You don't need a certified Lexus Einstein to change the oil and rotate the tires, or to flush the tranny. Now to do a timing belt.....that's another story. If you have a good mechanic that knows the Lexus really well, then by all means use them. I got stuck on a road trip in Ft Lauderdale, my starter died on my 98 LS, a friend recommended his mechanic to do the job, I was a little nervous about letting an independant do the starter R&R. Went to the guys shop, nice big clean shop full of Toyotas and Lexus', the guy did a great job, new his stuff about the Lexus, and all for $850. Enjoy your new ride David 98 LS 400 93 LS 400

Hey, I'm working on my 98 LS right now in the same area, my ac blower motor is only running on low speed, so I have it all opened up waiting for some help around here myself. Anyway, to get the lower glovebox off: Tools: Phillips screw driver and a deep 10mm socket, and your bare hands 1 Open the glove box and remove everything in it. 2 At the top underneath the upper glove box, there are four phillips head screws, remove them. 3 Inside the glove box to the left of center there is a little plastic access panel, pop that out and remove the 10mm nut behind it. 4 To the far right of the glove box underneath the corner of the lower dash panel is another 10mm nut, it will be the same color as the first one you removed, take that off. 5 Underneath the hinge of the glovebox, down where your toes are when sitting in the seat, there is a black panel. It's clipped in at the front, so just pry it off with your hands and pull it out, after you take the little lite out, by twisting it. 6 Now you can pull the glove box out. The glove box has clips holding it in place at the top where you took the 4 phillips head screws out. Also the lower corner of your dash will come out with the glove box. What you have to do now is, have the door open, grab the top of the door with your left hand, and use your right hand and grab the bottom of the door at the hinges, now just try and wiggle the hole thing from side to side as you pull it towards the seat. The clips at the top will start to pop out, and you'll see what I'm talking about. 7 Remove the connectors to the light and the switch, there is a yellow cable the is clipped together, and is attached to the back of the glove box, you can remove this from the mount without unclipping it. Should take you about 10 min. 15 min. tops with these directions Now stand on your head in the passenger foot well and you will see the bottom of the CD changer. My car is a 98 but I think this R&R is the same. Good luck David 98 LS 400 93 LS 400

I replaced the AC on my 93 LS, about 7 years ago, didn't do the compressor, did everything inside. The car had 110K miles on it. The evaporator is the main source for leaks. It was not a difficult job, just had to open up the dash on the passenger side to get to everything. I did it at my buddies shop, so between the two of us it took about two hours. The AC was nice and cold after that. The compressor just went out last year, after a replacement it's still going strong. My wife drives the 93 now, and it has 170K miles on it now. David 98 LS 400 93 LS 400

Hey All, The Ac blower motor only runs at low speed on my 98 LS 400. Any ideas of what needs to be replaced?? I'm aware that the fan will run at High only when the resistor goes bad. Did some searching here, and found some examples however people did not reply back to the threads to say that the suggested repair worked or not. Really would like to get this fixed any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, David 98 LS 400